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Summary of Chapters 1-2 "Understanding Animal Abuse" by Cliffton Flynn.

In chapters 1-2 of "Understanding Animal Abuse" Flynn emphasizes the importance of understanding the commonity of animal abuse in todays world and how it relates to many other crimes. The author explains how many criminals abused animals when they were younger and were exposed to it by adults in their life. He also points out how many reports of animal abuse were linked to people with mental illnesses. The author also shows how their have been many test between college students and middle school students and the tests prove that more of the middle school students have been shown to have witnessed animal abuse or have committed it, showing how animal abuse is getting more common. Flynn also states that they have also ran multiple test with imprisoned criminals and asked them if they had abused animals as children, and 96% of them admitted to doing the most harmful forms of animal abuse such as killing, physically inflicting pain on them, touching them sexually, or having sex with the animal. The author concludes the chapter by describing what leads to abusing animals.

Flynn, Clifton P. Understanding Animal Abuse: A Sociological Analysis. New York, NY: Lantern, 2012. Print.